Husking implement.



B. A. BBRGGRBN.

HUSKING IMPLBMENT. APPLICATION FILED JANJS, 1.911.

` I 1,007,263. Patented 001.31, 1911.

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ERIC A. BERGGREN, OF ONEIDA, ILLINOIS.

HUSKING IMPLEMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 31, 1911.

Application filed January 13, 1911. Serial No. 602,510.

To all lwhom 'it may concern;

Be it known that I, ERIC A. BERGGREN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Oneida, in the county of Knox and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Husking Implements, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to husking implements, and moreparticularly to a husking implement adapted for the right hand of theuser, and my object is to provide an implement which will be inexpensiveand combine comfort and rapid and effective operation with minimumlabor.

IVith this in mind my invention resides specically in the features ofconstruction, arrangement and operation, to be hereinafter described andclaimed, with relation to the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1is an elevation, illustrating my improved implement attached upon ahand. Fig. 2 is a reverse elevation thereof removed. Fig. 3 is a planview of the under-side of the main palm plate, removed. Fig. 4 is a planview of the supplemental palm plate, and Fig. 5 is a plan view of thehand piece, with the buckles and plates removed.

Referring now to these figures, I provide a hand piece 1, which isusually formed of leather, and which tapers toward one end, and isintended to be fastened transversely across the palm 0f a hand, bystraps which extend around the back of the hand. At its smaller end, thehand piece 1 is provided with a pair of buckles 2 and 3, secured byfastening means extending through its openings 4, while at its largerend said hand piece is provided with an inwardly extending intermediateopening 5, forming tongues G andl 7 upon the opposite sides thereof. Thetongue 7 carries a buckle 8, secured through its opening 9, to extendtoward its inner edge, and the tongue 6 is provided at its inner edgewith an extending strap 10 which is adapted for engagement with saidbuckle 8, and when so engaged, locks the said tongues 6 and 7 around theusers thumb as shown in Fig. 1. edge, the tongue 7 is provided with anextending strap 11, adapted to extend across the back of the hand andengage the buckle 2, as will be seen by reference to Fig. 2, buckle 3being engaged by the outer portion of a strap 12, the inner end of whichis se- At its outer cured to the hand piece 1, beneath the main palmplate 13. The hand piece also carries a pad 14, located upon the undersurface of the tongue 7, and surrounding a portion of the opening 5, toprevent chang of the users thumb in the operation of the implement ashereinafter described.

The main palm plate 13 is secured upon the hand piece 1, by fasteningmembers 15, through openings 16 and 17, with its larger end near thesmaller end of said hand piece, and tapers toward the tongue 6. A shank18 is secured upon the under surface of this plate 13, and is bentupwardly through a notch in one edge thereof, and is then bent forwardlyand angularly and sharpened to a point in order to form a hook 19, whichextends toward the user when the implement is secured upon the hand.This palm plate 13 is also provided with a central opening 20, and withan integral tongue 21 struck upwardly therefrom adjacent its smallerend. A supplemental palm plate 22 is provided at one end with alongitudinal series of openings 23, through a selected one of which isprojected a small bolt and nut 24, extending also through the centralopening 2O of the palm plate 13, and adapted to lock said supplementalplate to said main plate in desired adjustment. The plate 22 has also anintermediate longitudinal slot 25, upwardly through which the tongue 21extends, to prevent plate 22 from moving sidewise, and the free end ofplate 22 is provided with a small slotted opening 26, upwardly throughwhich the strap 12 is threaded, after which said strap is passed throughselected slits 27 in tongue 6 of the hand piece, before it is engagedwith buckle 3. In this manner the combined length of the plates 13 and22 may be readily and quickly adjusted to the width of the hand and, byforming a rigid band across the palm of the hand, will prevent the handpiece from pulling out of shape, and render the same more comfortable tothe user and effective in its operation.

In the operation of the implement, an ear of corn is grasped and held bythe left hand with its butt end inward, and the hook 19 is drawninwardly through the husks until it reaches the butt of the ear, whenthe fingers of the right hand, following the hook, are then in positionto grasp the exposed ear through the slitted husks and move the sameupwardly and inwardly to break it loose from the butt which retains thehuslis.

I claim:

A husking implement comprising a handpiece, a palm plate secured theretoand having a tongue, a husking hook Carried by the palm plate, a stripadjustably secured to the palm plate, said strip having a longitudinalslot through which the aforesaid tongue projects, a strap connected tothe strip, said strap projecting from one end of the handpieee, and afastening on the other end of the hand-piece for said strip.

In testimony whereof I 'aiiiX my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

ERIC A. BERGGREN. lVitnesses W7. NELSON GILEs, Gr. E. JoI-INsEN.

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